Sentences with phrase «made higher gains»

And the study participants who frequently read for pleasure made the highest gains on the test.

Since 1999, for instance, eighth grade math students in Massachusetts have made the highest gains of any participating nation on another international exam, TIMMS.

The test scores were released late Friday afternoon, showing that charter schools made the highest gains in the state.

Research has shown couples who come to marriage counseling because of adultery make the highest gains in marriage counseling over a 6 month period.

Not exact matches

«The key, however, is to make sure you are doing it frequently, at least twice a week, and at a high intensity so that you are maximizing your strength gains.

They've quickly gained a reputation for high - quality products at reasonable price points, and thanks to our own personal experience with them, they pretty much make their way into the majority of gift guides we do.

The main reason high prices foretell paltry gains is that rich valuations make dividend yields smaller.

Make sure you also stick with the campaigns long enough to give them time to gain traction and to give yourself time to figure out how AdWords works and how you can get the highest return.

Shanghai aluminum, nickel and lead crept higher, but copper gave up early gains to trade slightly lower as the dollar hit a four - month high, making the metal more expensive for holders of other currencies, and zinc slipped.

Founders of new high - potential businesses will find access to capital more challenging since higher capital - gains taxes will make investing in start - ups less attractive.

But the confidence I gained, along with the high - fives from my team who knew I had fought for them and the brand, made the discomfort worth it.

Those who defend very high levels of compensation point out that the value of stocks and options depends on how successful the company is, which means that money gained that way rewards CEOs for helping make the company stronger.

Logan Paul and his brother Jake gained a following by making six - second videos for the now - defunct service Vine until they became so Internet famous, they dropped out of college and high school and moved to Los Angeles.

Supplementary offering made after a tender offering that allows investors to gain a controlling interest in a company by paying a higher price for shares.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index made its biggest gain since late April as it rose 26.68 points, or 1.1 percent, to finish at a record high of 2,488.11.

Moving a higher percentage of your assets from stocks to bonds and / or cash makes sense, because while you may not be making all the gains from stocks you might, you are preserving capital.

Supplementary offering made after a tender offering that allows investors to gain a controlling interest in a company by paying a higher...

However, to make consistent gains from taking advantage of momentum in the market, swing trading is best accomplished by limiting your selection to stocks that have the ability to run 20 - 30 % higher in a few weeks, rather than a few months.

«The bitcoin price made significant gains in a trading hour today as price spiked up to nearly $ 740 on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI), pushing towards the higher ceilings of the cryptocurrency in 2016.

On the one hand we need to accumulate as much as possible because of our age and lost time to make up for, but for the same reasons we can't afford the losses that go along with those higher risk / potentially higher gain stocks.

Although we've experienced double - digit gains in previous years, the sheer volume of transactions makes achieving such high levels of growth more difficult.

«Human nature desires quick results, there is a particular zest in making money quickly, and remoter gains are discounted by the average man at a very high rate» John Maynard Keynes

The higher return that you gain when you are trading using the IG index platform make it a lot easier to make money than what it is using other platforms with a lower return.

The fiber - optic laser systems specialist jumped 8 % higher on May 2, making for an easy ride to these big monthly gains.

The energy stocks raced ahead and banks also made solid gains, driving the index 1.28 % higher to 5,164 points.

Now, a new day dawns and as the bulls seek to make it five sessions in a row of rising stock prices, we find that the markets were generally higher in Asia overnight, while the gains are incremental thus far in London and on the Continent.

Inbound migration rose to a 10 - year high in February 2014, when 6,100 Chinese applicants were granted citizenship.2 Last year, Chinese migrants made up 15 % of the 38,961 applicants who gained resident visas.

Bitcoin's meteoric rise has made it hard for even those in the highest spheres of finance, technology and government to ignore — and many have an opinion about its approximate 1,261 percent gain in the past 12 months.

Nearly a decade ago, Warren Buffett made a million - dollar bet: that by investing in a completely unmanaged, broad - market low - fee index fund, he could beat the gains earned by a high - powered hedge fund with a team of managers at the helm.

Leverage tremendously magnifies gains and losses, making commodity trading a high - risk activity.

Adding insult to injury, the leading stocks that I thought «couldn't possibly move any higher» ended up being the same ones that once again made the biggest gains on their next waves up.

The bulls had done well in holding on to their gains that they had made over the last couple of weeks but still they have been unable to push through higher through the highs of the range.

The ladder type offers the highest payouts on winning streak, and the earnings can go up to 1000 percent in some cases, while one - touch option offers an opportunity to make gains if the prediction of preset limits is reached within a specified duration.

Internet stocks have made double - digit gains in 2017, propelling the tech sector to record highs.

As a result, the single currency continued to make gains, and by the end of July had reached a two - and - a-half year high against the US dollar.

this will cost obama the election by catering to the gays he wil loosel a large portion of the black and latino vote who are very conservative on this issue.and this will only make mitt romney stronger, with a weak economy unemployment as high as 8 % and a republican house there seems the last thing obama needs is to loose more votes that he will gain from this.he will loose the entire south including florida and many swing states.although he will win san francisco for sure.way to go barry

For the act of resignation faith is not required, for what I gain by resignation is my eternal consciousness, and this is a purely philosophical movement which I dare say I am able to make if it is required, and which I can train myself to make, for whenever any finiteness would get the mastery over me, I starve myself until I can make the movement, for my eternal consciousness is my love to God, and for me this is higher than everything.

Often we are encouraged to make choices that result in the highest financial return or the most personal gain.

Insulin promotes the storage of fat, so that when you eat foods with a high GI, you're making way for rapid weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels, both of which have been linked to cardiovascular disease.

Analysts believe both retailers may be reinvesting the gains they made over summer into higher petrol discounts, aiming to maintain foot traffic momentum in supermarkets and petrol stations in the quarter.

Foods that are high on the GI scale spike blood sugar levels wildly and promote weight gain because they produce instant energy — then just as quickly the energy depletes, making you hungry, tired and lethargic — so you eat more to get that energetic feeling back.

PepsiCo has partnered with Starbucks, Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) is a distributor for canned cold brew brand High Brew (and potentially several others, now that it's been merged with Peet's JAB Holdings stablemate, Keurig), WhiteWave has made big gains in grocery with STOK, and The Coca - Cola Company has signed a deal with Dunkin' Donuts — a company currently seeking to find its own footing in the cold brew trend.

Wineworks makes sense given the market today and the need that smaller high end wineries have to find creative solutions to gain distribution and visibility.

«The present rules make it difficult to gain a clear - cut advantage with the engine and that makes the risks of development very high indeed.»

For the very qualities that make them indispensible at the time of crisis prevents them from gaining a higher ground.

- Both DD and OS would be drafted - Both would likely be drafted even higher if they waited another year - Donte has the most to gain by coming back, especially in his decision making

Purposefully benching your best players in crunch time doesn't make sense to me when your best players are your young core who you want to gain experience and comfort in high - pressure situations.

He needs to add weight and gain high - level experience, but makes sense as a stashable prospect.

I must admit I wouldn't have put them among the all time greats to challenge for titles but the essence of the article I understood about using marginal gains to make incremental improvements leading in progression to a higher league position I got, to be honest the team with DiCanio, Cole, Carrick, Sinclair, Lampard, Defoe etc should have been a team challenging for the upper league positions but got relegated would have been a better example to me.

Rewards gained from defending well high up the pitch can be cruelly undone when individuals make mistakes defending in their own half, as illustrated by Lemina's icebreaker in the 20th minute.